First ranked game of Heart of the Swarm. Played a little in the beta, played the campaign and I've played vs the computer for a while. Finally time to try vs real people. Let's see how it goes, first Ranked match.
And I win!
Before the Replay:
I didn't play very aggressively I pushed once sorta early with 3 Zealots at the front and my Mothership Core at the back. I think I got a few SCVs and did some damage to his front Supply Depots, but that was it.
Otherwise I sat back, micro'd, tech'd and just tried to keep vision on the map. He pushed and I stopped it. He pushed again and I stopped it again. As I was moving out to take my 3rd, he left the game. No GL HF at the beginning or GG at the end. Looking at his profile, I think he was also playing his placement matches.
After the Replay:
I probably could have kept hitting him hard. When I moved out with my Mothership Core and 3 Zealots from 1 Gateway he'd only managed to produce 2 Marines from 2 Barracks. I suppose scouting would have helped me identify that sooner.
He never checked the watchtowers I held them without contest all game and his income was terrible, never built an Orbital or even Muled. Not really much of a contest I guess.
1 Win, 4 Placement Matches to go
Edit: Actually he did eventually make an Orbital. But he really didn't Mule and he didn't expand. He also stopped building SCVs around 23. He did do a better job of keeping his money low than I did, though.
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